King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are not slowing down (but do they really ever), and their latest move might be their most exciting yet. The prolific Australian band has announced Entropy, their 29th album and a companion to this year's dark, ecstatic rave record Alien Metal, arriving December 4 on their own (p)doom records, along with two North American tours set for 2027.

The announcement comes with a lead single, "Rogue Wave," a taste of what's ahead. Like Alien Metal before it, Entropy is rooted in the group's obsession with Eurorack, a modular synthesizer system built from diodes and cables that looks like something out of vintage sci-fi and delivers sounds that rewire how you make music, and even what music can be. Joey Walker first introduced bandmate Stu Mackenzie to the gear some years ago, sparking an "exciting, exploratory" fascination that quickly ensnared the whole group. They now tour with a massive Eurorack setup they treat like a seventh member, one they call Nathan.

Nathan has already proven its power at the rave shows King Gizzard have played around the world, and it was the backbone of Alien Metal. Mackenzie has described it as "a giant machine of crazy cables and electronic voltage," and according to SPIN, Entropy was recorded in the same extended Eurorack sessions as its predecessor. The band originally considered releasing the two records together, but Alien Metal came first, and Entropy was held back to be developed further. The result sounds like its own thing, with SPIN calling it "prettier, more harmonic, more cosmic," and Mackenzie noting that "Entropy's definitely coming from its own place." The track list includes "Aeon," "Heaven & Hell," "Hard Sync," "Rogue Wave," "Angel," "To Mercury...," "Face of the Earth," and the title track, "Entropy."

Fans will have plenty of chances to hear it live. The 2027 North American tours kick off in August, beginning with a run through the West Coast and Pacific Northwest, including two nights at Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever Cemetery on August 5 and 6, San Diego's Rady Shell, and San Francisco's Cow Palace. From there, the band heads north to the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington, and into Canada before ending the leg in Minneapolis. A second tour begins in October, covering the South, Midwest, and Northeast with stops at Dallas, Austin, New Orleans, Atlanta, Asheville, Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, and a finale at Chicago's Wintrust Arena on October 22.

Tickets go on sale Friday, November 13 at 9 a.m. PT / noon ET. Fans will want to be ready, and with a pair of albums, a new lead single, and a tour this big in the pipeline, this is shaping up to be a landmark moment for a band that never stops reinventing itself.

Whether you're a longtime fan who has followed them through every genre-hopping album, or you're just curious what a band with a seventh-member synthesizer sounds like live, 2027 looks like the year to find out.

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King Gizzard Announce "Entropy" and a Massive 2027 North American Tour